2021-06-16
- It gives us great pleasure to announce the winners of this year’s LLS scholarships and paper award.Isabella “Issy” Marquez, Latina/Latino Studies, English, and Political Science major, and May 2021 graduate, is the winner of the ...
- 2021-04-29 - The Department of Latina/Latino Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for two full-time, non-tenure track Instructors/Lecturers for the 2021-22 academic year. Start date of August 16, 2021. Candidates are required to...
- 2021-03-16 - Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and TAs who made it onto the University's list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2020! Burgos, A. HIST/LLS 281, HIST 390Cervantes, V. SPAN 324Cisneros, J. COMM 250, 538De La Garza, J. LLS 242, 442Ettinger, S. TA-HIST 272Flores, N. LLS 230...
2021-03-16 - Prof. Sandra Ruiz has been awarded a Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Campus Fellowship for the 2021–22 academic year for her project titled, “Minoritarian Pedagogy: Psychoanalytic Affections in the Space of Aesthetics.” The...
2021-03-12 - Professor Natalie Lira has been awarded the 2020-21 Latina/Latino Studies Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award honors the Department’s best teachers. Professor Lira is an engaging and dedicated teacher who has had a tremendous...
2021-03-03 - Senior Issy Marquez (triple major in Latina/Latino Studies, English, and Political Science) recently received the Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award. "The annual award goes to one senior from each participating four-year college and university in Illinois. Each year, the Lincoln Academy...- 2021-02-22 - We are accepting applications for our teaching assistantships for the 2021-22 academic year. The application deadline is March 12, 2021. Visit here for more details.
2021-02-10 - Professor Gilberto Rosas was interviewed for a story on NPR today, February 10, 2011. He was interviewed in connection to his work on the Labor, Health, Equity, Action Project (LHEAP), a collective community-engaged research project that makes it possible for marginalized workers in Rantoul, IL to...
2021-01-19 - Join us for a symposium in memoriam of the life and work of Dr. Edna Viruell-Fuentes on Wednesday, February 17, 12-3pm CT. Visit here for more...
2020-12-11 - We are pleased to spread the word on the first NUVE publication. LLS majors Fatima Valerio and Marlene Santos and other students are the creators of Nuestra Verdad Publicación (NUVE). Nuestra Verdad Publicación (NUVE) is happy to share their first...- 2020-09-10 - Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and TAs who made it onto the University's list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Spring 2020! Eddie Bonilla - LLS 238 Adrian Burgos - HIST 390 David Coyoca - LLS 265, 357 Julie Dowling - LLS 355, 490 Dara Goldman - SPAN 254 Monica Gonzalez -...
- 2020-09-09 - The Department is now accepting applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for 2021-22. The application deadline is December 4, 2020. For information on the fellowship and how to apply visit https://lls.illinois....
2020-08-26 - LLS Advising All advising appointments will take place online via Zoom, at least for the fall. If a student has difficulty accessing Zoom, meetings can be held over the phone. If you have any questions concerning the advising protocols for Fall 2020, feel free to contact Alicia P...
2020-08-24 - Dear Latina/o Studies Family and Friends, It is with great sadness that we write to tell you that our dear friend and colleague Prof. Edna Viruell-Fuentes passed away yesterday morning (Sunday, August 23, 2020) in Urbana, IL. We in...- 2020-06-23 - It gives us great pleasure to announce that Prof....